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The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
The Time for Grant to Dic.

It is almost inconccivablc to ons who has made study both of history and of it's contemporaneous events, closely observing those passing under tho eye and applying the principles and facts observed to other events, how history can ever sift the error out of the mass so that correct gen eral coloring and conclusion can rest upon its Osily sure or possible founda- ton, correct details.
 Had Grant died at the close of the war he would have lived as cold, uninteresting, military figure, correct, formal. almost an abstraction, far re- moved from man. Had he died at the close of bis administration, it is hard to see how the genius of history could have cleaDsed his character from the droSsy surroundings which go closely touched without corrupting.
 What matters it that gold or dia- monds lie beneath the crust, if the crust be never removed?
 Had he died just after the third term contest, it is hard 10 See how fatal error would have been cleared away from his name. Had he died just after the .srant X Ward expG:- ures, he would have been fatally blackened in the eyes of many of this day, and it is hard 10 discern how his name would ever have been cleared.
 His opportunity is truly opportunc. He has been accorded the rare privi- lege of being able to afford to djo. Time has exhibited him, not without faults, but as man, true man, and d good man-simple-minded as great ness is, liable to such errors as simple minded greatness may com init. The longer time has spared, the more it has burnishcd him of f2lse glitter and apparent stain, until he stands forth man in the front rank among men. Thus he may commit himself to history, not as q demi-god, but as man. -[Memphis Avalanche.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
Economy in Production

How great an economy can be de- rived from other things than labor appears when we ao:ice tue relation of wages to total cost. In Mr. Plat ner's estimate of the cost of paper in 1883, wages, cost oi superintendencc and management, and repairs are only 17 per cent of the total cost of making the paper, while the cost of the materials that are directly used in the paper-rags, sizing, etc.-is 6+4 per cent of the total cost. Tho censUs of 1880 shows nearly the samo psrcen,agas-lT per cent for labor alone and 63 per cent for materials. As an element in the cost of produc- ton. materials are four times mora burIensome 10 the manUiactuver thaR wages. If a manufacturer 'can't compete" let him look 10 his r:ate- rials. and not to his labor, 10. remedy. The increase in the rate ot wages has been very marked in tho 35 years from lS47 to 1880. Taking the wages of II workmcn in lS41, We find that the aggregate is $lI.40 for q day. The same man. doing tn a same kinds of work in 1880, earned $23.5S. an increase of l07 per cent
 The highest mark WAS reached ia 1875, when l5 certain workmen earned s34.91, against $ll.90 in 1s41, an increase of 20 per cent. The statistics are profuse in this country and in England showing that the rate of wages is on the increase in the long run. Besides tFis tho com forts oi the working classes are gain ing, they have more and better food, better houses with new convoniences, and more iDel, warmer clothing and more luxuries, while those things that were once luxuries have grown into Hecessaries through daily use. Loud molthe;l fanatics are not want. ing who talk in the gloomiest way about the condition of working peo- pie, but they are evidently ignorant oi the tendency of the times. In nearly every industry besides paper manufacture. ii not every one, wages have increased and the lives of the working people have become more worth living. Paper World.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
r.a.essor Changed Kis uinc

We were driving down the windin, mountain road, the sunshine Wa. golden and the air was direct from the Giiead balm works. ''One nevee wcaries of the mountains" said the In oicSsor, ''nor of the sea. Change less, vet never changing; always tha same. vet ever varying in mood an,l expression. in dimple of sunlight and shadow. in calm and in storm; we love them with q sort of worship; We never weary of them, and we would lovingly finger in their shadows forever" Nine miles further on the s: s-e wont to irredeemable smash, the blistering sun escorted the party back to the hotel, and when they struck the seventh mile up the grade, the professor stood still a moment to say, with uncovered head: "lt hal
 known what kind of a rock patch
 this karen, foredoomei, abandoned wreck of desolation this mountain country was, I would have gone to the great Sahara for the summer. 1 would rather live 10000 years in tha middle of desert alkali prairie a. 000. .O00 miles wide, without even a cactus on the whole reservation, than to own this whole mountain range and have to live on the prettiest hit of
 it three days q year. Of all tho eternal blights that warp and wrinkle the fair face of nature with wartv excrcscencc of lightning scathed rocks and fire swept pine barrens.
 there is no dcsolaiion this side oi gchenna equal to mountain range" And then he boiled clear over bc- cause we laughed at him, and he went away behind a big granite powder and kept the recording angel SO busy for the next fifteen minutes that there wasn't single entry from
 Texas madsin that period Burdette.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
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:SZhllS <(51s>yilsoer. And you R,isht guess your teeth loose before guessing what he wants to buy con tinued the hotel clerk. ''He has just made me an offer for the old registers of this house"
 "what would he do with them2 Keep directory mqUi:ed the re- portar.
 "Not much. He claims to be travelling for Northern firm that is collecting hotel registers. The older they arc the more they are worth. Hotel registers are the greatest au- tograph albums in the world. There Is not a mun who travels whoso autograph is not scattered all over the country. All prominent men travel. The signatures of hundreds of these have Q commercial value, even when not attached to note or a check. The autographs of states mon generally sell the highest, those of ex-Prcsidents bring the most. \ few days ago rare collection oi curious manuscripts, letters, and au- tographs were under the hammer in New York. A dozen autographs were knocked down at from s5 to $20 apiece.
 "That would-be purchaser was tell ing me that in few months it will he the proper thing to mount the au- tographs of ex-Prrsidents, literary men, generals, and all men of note ill rome unique style and give them place beside the plaque. This firm is now buying up all tine registers it can get hold of. Some bright men go over each page carefully, and cut out the signatures of all the most promi- nent men. They have quite a long list. and whenever one of the names is found it is clipped out and attached to little slip on which arc noted the date and city. The register, of course, indicates each. He says that right now Grants signatures are in demand. He never stopped at hotels much, however. There were generally people in all of the cities through which he passed who wanted to entertain him. and l never knew him to decline.
 This enterprising firm, you seq, are first getting B supply on hand, and will then introduce the rage and fill the demand"
 "'Thrii is a blessing'-Shskcs- pesre." gasped the reporter, dazed by the wonderful display of enterprise.
 "The registers are really no use to us, and most hotel men, believe, are willing to dispose of them at low figure" resumed the clerk "One of this size, which is the standard, will hold 5000 names. It is seldom that register in the large hotels of big cities doss not contain half g dozen good names. I know that from personal observation. In some seasons there are 100 good names. A great many of the sigma lures, to be sure, were written be- fore the owner came into prominence. When the autographs come to he sold, however, l half suspect they are dated up. though they may not be. Tho residence, which is written opposite the name, is also cut out. In mounting, which is generally on cardboard, Bristol or some such kind, the residence is paced below tho name, thus:--
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
White skinned Indians.

Several cases of natives oi India having q white skin have been re- ported. Mr. A. T. Fraser mentions the finding of family in which several white persons-resembling Europeans-had appeared, the par ents having the ordinary blackness of the natives. The whitcness was not the result of leprosy. 'ihe skin of the Aibinos is much more sensi- tive to the suns rays than that oi other natives or even of other Flu ropeans. The contrast between white and dark relatives having a striking resemblance of figure, is said to bs most remarkable.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
Hiss C1-velnnd's Ornaments.

Her clothes are neat, bu. there is nothing especially stylish about their make. And her ornaments-well, I know some wives of government clerks who would think themselves disgraced if they were seen wearing them. At one of her Saturday after noon receptions she wore steel ornament. A very fashionable lady as she left the White House, turned up her nose until it almost reached ihe ceiling and remarked: "Stasl ornaments. Justthink "-[Washing- ton Letter.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
pse Many Axes to Grind.

The average yearly consumption of erindstones in the United States is about 50,0O0 tons. It varies from year to year owing to the fiuctuation in the manufacturing trades which are the principal consumers. The year 1881 was the best season ever known in the business. The entire consumption in that season was 72,- 10O tons.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19

The actual cost of what are usually Sold as 5-cent cigars at retail is thus stated by one who claims to bei posted: Actual cost of tobacco (namely, what the tobacco raiser gets for it) for 1000 cigars, s2; cigar boxes, q; wages for ,000, $S; pack ing, q; stripping, 50 cents; total cost of production, sl2.50, or IT cents Il cigar.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19

L" Esehnu's GcI!cn Ea;SaE. Va Cu-7s Chancres, frs: and .cofi.i s..e,: Sor:stn tho Legs and Bady; Sore Es Eyes, Nose, etc, Coppcr-c iorr,i B:atci,ss Sypa.:itic catlr.h, diseased Srair. an. 1Ii primary :o':! of tl:e Gisciec lnoxt: s.f Syphilis. l-ri"e, , % s,e.- EEe7sE- Le Richau's G"taera E:s:sai,a 1.o. d Curcs-Tcrti.rv. Icrcu-ia' 5 ,pli.itic Gher- matisn. Pain' in tAa Bones, Pains ia ,as Head, back tf ths Neck, Liberated G;e-s Throat, Syp;i..it;c Eash, Jumps aTi con. trsctod Cords, Stiffness oi the Limbs, ard e-st'ic'tcs a.i disease from the systc:r, whether caused Ly nd.s-rc,ian CT abuse (. Mercury, leaving tle bl ,o' pure sn4 healthy. p:ice s5 % per g:ostsc. Ln Eici.uJ,'.s G.ni,icss e,f a.,js2a Anti dotc for tie cure Of ConorrhGsl, G.ce.. Irritation Gravel, sni a!l Urinary O. tisn.- tal Gisa;ransencnts. T'r.ce Ss 59 per Bottle.
 Le Rich.u's Colsca GorniSa In- trcfiHn, rs;rere cases of Gono--ha,a, lnfiAmmato ' c!cet. Strrt'ir. s,&c. Price Si :', Ecr Bottle.
 1-e lsiclntz's G1issan O'nsren. for tHc eff ct vs haai:n.. If SyT,i..,;tic S~rs, 1.c l. icha us Gois2e:a Fiji e-Tc-vo anl Bra T treatment; loss O; r',ysi. al pow CT, elces' or OYeT-yor'l. iros:rltion etc P~fce g co per Box.
 T"mie rId Ecrv:ne,
 Sent ove-ywhcre, C. O. D., Fccu-c!y .aeksd per express.
 [. r. RICHARDS d co. Agcnta A. .. 4to Sa'somc street. CorIcr Clay,
 San Francisco. Gal
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The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19

French farmers add fresh eggs to the milk they feed to calves that are expected to bring the highest price in the Paris market. The same practice prevails among the farmers of Great Britain in fatting calves. It gives the animals coat beautiful gloss.
 Tie Chicago Rail,roy Age reports that from January 1st to July 1st fifteen roads, owning 1,121 miles of track and representing $37, ,299, ,000 iI< capital and s37, eos, ,0O0 in bonds, were sold under foreclosure. Tho fore closure sales for the entire year of 1881 included only fifteen roads.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
GROVER CLEVELAND,
 Buffalo. x. |.

''It is done So neatly, too, that more thana casual inspection isnccessary to discover where the two pieces are joined. In this way the purchaser gets the autograph in the shape of q visiting c:lr,l, and the uninitiatcd will he anxious to learn when the digni- tary called, and ii he is one os the family's intimate acquaintances.
 "The agent then showed me some fine specimens, and there is undouht- edly money in the scheme. He told me, too, that they not only take tha names of persons who are now and have been well known, but also tha signatures of number who they believe are rising and will be prcmi- nent in a few years, such as leading members of Congress, United States Scnators, leading judges and mcm- bers of the bar. Besides these they have such names as Beecher, Tal- mage. and Ingersoh, popular poets and novelists, and actors and actres- ees by the score. The autographs sf Booth, keene. Lawrence Barrett, Irving, Patti, Mary Anderson, Lang try, Lotta, and dozens of lesser lights arc always in demand and admirers will nay well for them"
 "WeH. are you going to strike . bargain
 "fie will have to see the proprietor about that. reckon there is q ton af them stored away, some oi them pretty musty, doubtless, on the out r:de. but sound and we'll preserved joside. - Savannah News.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-01-19
HE yLIsIOt CLAAIyN.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. l9. 1887.
AUTOGRAPH FIENpS.
BUYING HOTEL REGISTERS.
Developing . New Enterprise -Au. toxraphs at from s5 to SEQ Apiece. =

"wffat do you suppose that man wanted?" asked n Pulaski House clerk of a Ners reporter.
 4 neatly-dressed and shrewd-look- ing young man had just turned away md was lighting a cigar. He had been talking earnestly in an under tone fur some minutes, and the Nsrs
, 1887-03-03
Origin OF Drinking the Health.

The apparently meaningless custom OF
drinking a mans health in a social glass
is ancient, before you find its meaning.
When gods were deceased ancestors, they
were dined and wined and toasted; that
is. they had the best OF everything, for
they were supposed still TO he capable of
hunger and thirst. But as the dead could
only ''smell sweet savors," and take of
the odor of the wine, the living drank the
cups for them. To drink a good cup was
II religious and pious custom. So, one
friend meeting another, called down the
blessing of the gods on him by drinking
n gods cup with him. OF course one good
turn deserves another, and the two would
quaff to each others health, instead Of
uttering a prayer. Nowadays, in Tom
Aliens saloon, down Rogue alley, two
roysterers drink healths with rosy noses
and watery eyes, little knowing what it
means. -Globe-Democrat
, 1887-03-03

If the popular reports are to be credited
quadrumanes have certain funeral cere-
monies. There exists in Cochin China a
species called khi-duc, the hai-tuh of the
Chinese, which is of a red-brown color,
and less than a yard in stature, with b
long and cylindrical muzzle. This monkey,
according to Chinese accounts, lives in
societies. When one of the band dies,
the others hold a wake and funeral, bury
ing the corpse with great ceremony.
Purchas says of the Pongo gorilla gina
that it lives in bands, and that when an in
dividual of the tribe dies, the others cover
him with a great heap Of branches and
dead wood, such as are to be found every
where il. the forest.-Henry Howard il
Cosmopolitan.
, 1887-03-03
GOV. HILL AND MAYOR HEWITT.
The letter Of Mr.. Hewitt. New Works

Inc letLeT Oh VII I1tWltt, ANcN IOih 9
recently elected mayor, promises to be-
come q national issue. Its effect upon
the presidential contest of 1888 is being
discussed in that city and Washington.
the great question agitating the minds of
politicians of high and low degree being:
Did Mr.. Hewitt have Gov. Hill in his
minds eye when he wrote to the Young
Mems Democratic Club, of Brooklyn,
that democrats holding high positions
have coquetted with this new and dan
gerous element in politics." (Reterring
to striking labor organizations.
Gov. Hill in an interview with n repre-
sentative Of the New York journal said
that he did not think it necessary to say
anything further on the subject, except
that he did believe that Mr.. Hewitt al
luded to him in the expression which has
created SO great a turmoil.
Il am myself opposed to secret politi-
cal organizations OF the kind alluded to
Dy Mr.. Hewitt, and he and | have al
ways been on good terms,.' said the gov
ernor.
Mayor Hewitt, being interviewed by
the same reporter, said:
Il did not mean Governor Hill in par
t%icular, but if the cap fits him let him
wear it, That is his fault. not mine.
My object in writing that letter was
simply this: l saw a pernicious and dan
serous doctrine growing to such dimen-
sious that | never believed it possible to
attain, and | struck at it. On every hand
We see men prominent in the parties dali
lying and ccquettinS with this doctrine in
q apirit Of demsgogy, and l think it abso-
lutely essential to the perpetuation of
Democratic principles that every public
man no lees than every private citizen
should unite 10 an attempt to crush out
this doctrine before it is too lace.
MI. Hewitt continued that he was not
opposed to trades unions; on the contrary,
he believed in them.
! WIS Tue uiht man " s'o"u VIZ ="
eongress and openly defend them aud adj
yocste them. A speech Of mine delivered
in congress in 1884 is abundant proof of
this statement. Ny attitude on the labor
question is that while every man should
have the perfect right to Join trades
unions he must not have the right to force
any other man into his'union, nor to pre-
ven him from working if he pleases. In
dividual liberty is the keynote OF my be-
bet. liberty for every man, rich or
poor"
, 1887-03-03

please to hold my baby while my
husband helps me to open my trunks; he
viii be quite good if you will shake his
rattle, said a lady passenger to the Off
Ger who was waiting to look over her
travelling gear. And hat officer good
humoredly did as he was requested, shak-
ing the rattle to the great delight Of the
little one. That rattle in question which,
fastened to q ribbon, was tied to the
child's waist, was filled with gems Of
great value. a mode of smuggling that at
the time was too simple for detection.
Chambers Journal.
, 1887-03-03

AN Omaha man has brought out a
method of heating cara BY mixing certain
aoida. An experiment with the device
last week showed that a cold car can be
heated to sultriness in a few minute
The inventor hopes to make fortune;
but he must first prove that the hot air
generated from his acids will not kill
more people than a 6rst-class derailment
and stove smashing.
, 1887-03-03

Dip from our own cistern and draw
from your own well any element of I'M
alleged happiness you ever expect to en-
joy. We cannot go beyond our own ere
alive faculties for the highest joy afford
ed human creatures. No thief can enter
the soul and steal eway treasures OF
heaven. Nothing can be depended ON
but principle, and until We toll the re-
ward of work shall not be ours. In ma
terial elements one may feed on what
others reap, but in the elysian fields, 'he
who wastes the seed time will want tho
harvest. ''-Globe-D Democrat.
, 1887-03-03

Young Husband-It does seem to me
you might learn to cook better than that.
My mother
Young Wife-There, that wi y. 1
refrain from learning how to cook ON
principle.
Young Husband-Oh. you do. Think
ing of me, of courser
Young Wlfc-No, of my son.
Young Husband-Son?
Young Wife-Yes; l don't intend he
shall ever make any nice girl miserable
Dragging about my cooking.-Omaha
World.
, 1887-03-03

The British Red Gross society awakes
to a sudden realization of the fact that
sick and wounded VIII soon he plentiful.
An appeal has been issued urgently re-
questing additional contributions from
subscribers. Purchases OF lint. medicine,
and surgical cutlery are being made ON an
extensive scale, and skilIful users OF sur
gical instruments are being added TO the
a ff,-Chicago Tribune.
, 1887-03-03

The Buffalo Express says that Is. +.
Taylor's THE River Time" will live as
long as tho language in which it was writ
ten, and adds; His rhyme was as
smooth ~ the flow Of the river. His best
postry, though not dismal is in the minor
key. He struck the strings OF wild
melancholy which have their chord in the
bosoms Of the multitude who are or fancy
they are no longer young.
, 1887-03-03

THE Oregon legislature, with pressing
public business on hand, adjourned with
a whoop the other day to enjoy the exhil-
arsting Mikado in the Salem opera house.
The motion was carried in the senate
while a member was in the middle Of a
speech. These fellows, would, doubtless,
adjourn for q circus.
, 1887-03-03

RHODE ISLANDERS want their leRisla-
ture to settle the car stove business by
making it unlawful for II company to use
stoves in their cars. This is an abrupt
way Of securing u change; but the problem
will ere p,g be solved by inventions,
which are turning up at the rate of two
or three per day.
, 1887-03-03

A certain little sellow was asked the
other day why he SO loved q great New
foundland dog. and the little fellow am
swered very promptly: Because Hero is
the best Christian l know. Hos never
mean" This boy had the same feeling
about his four footed friend as had that
reverend preacher in Milton who used to
pray for imam and the more worthy
beast Boston Post.
, 1887-03-03

c. V. Baxter, an experienced and sue
cessful druggist at Dewitt, la. says one
family there created an immense sale for
Chamberlain's cough remedy by using it
and recommending it to their ~neigbbors.
during their siege of whooping cough;
now it sells rapidly on its merits; it has no
equal for coughs, colds and Group. Sold
bv W. n. Hunt.
, 1887-03-03
ARCHIBALD FoRBEs, the we'll know.

ARCHIBALD FORBES, the well known
war correspondent, asserts that there will
be no Wal in Europe this spring. Archi-
bald is pretty handy at writing up mill
tary campaigns, and his knowledge OF
military affairs is extraordinary, but he
should be modest when attempting to tell
US what the jealous European powers in
tend to do with their vast armies.
, 1887-03-03

The New York Sun is running vii.
liam I. Coleman, Of San Francisco, for
the Democratic presidential nomination:
but it takes a fearful amount of space to
~explaip who William 7. Coleman is.
, 1887-03-03
Adxicn tn NJ

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
Lays the pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best remedy for diarhna. Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1887-03-03

The Toronto Matt boldly proclaims
that the north pole belongs TO Canada.
The great defect in the Canadian title to
that article, however. is the lack Of pos
session. Canada's claim in that direc'
ton will be ignored.
, 1887-03-03

Celestial photography is advancing
with astonishing strides. Photographs
Of the heavens are o taken that show
stars and strange nebulous objects which
no telescope has ever revealed 10 the
human eye.-New York Sun.
, 1887-03-03

An Illinois citizen became enthusiastic
why. he said, 'it's immense-grand!
What a p%ruirie it would make il 1t would
only keep. stili'-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1887-03-03

Mrs. Barker-So your boy wilkins is
TO be a professor. is lie: Then he must
be making good progress in his studies.
Mrs. Carker-No. not exactly that.
but he is getting to be beautifully alb
sent minded.
, 1887-03-03

Humors run riot in the blood at this
season. Hoods %Sarsaparilla expels every
impunity and v~italizes and enriches the
blood.
, 1887-03-03
RATES OF

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Insertions = cents per line one month 8 cents
Jer line
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WEEKLY LKADKR, all transient advertise
mants % cents per line first Insertion one
month, 70 cents per line SIX months 10 cent?
Ger line one year 8 cents per line. Marriage
nd birth notices el.0U each. No advertisement
Inserted for less than % cents.
II. CLAICHE. Publisher.
, 1887-03-03

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